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APPLICATION FILED SEW-26. m4.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEDLUND, OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

EUMIDOR.

Application filed September 26, 1914. Serial N 0. 863,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEDLUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Cloud, in the county of Stearns and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humidors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in humidors and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which will be constructed in such manner that it may be automatically locked in either closed or open position.

The invention has for another object to provide a device of this character including a number of open compartments or racks formed on swinging doors to hold cigars, cigarettes, pipes, tobacco, etc., the swinging doors being mounted in such mannerthat they may be readily unlocked and moved to open position by pressing downwardly and turning a knob projecting from the top of the device, means being also provided for automatically locking the doors in either open or closed position.

The invention has for a further object to provide an improved form of lock for the swinging doors and also to construct the doors in such manner that they form the body of the device when in closed position.

The invention has for a further object to provide a novel form of sponge holder and a match box carried by the top and bottom of the device, the match box being formed in such manner that it may be readily closed or opened while the sponge holder may be readily removed or clamped in position as desired.

The-invention has for a still further object to provide a device of this character which will be of compact form and in which practically all of the space within the body will be utilized, at the time, making it possible to readily reach the contents of any of the receptacles, including the match and sponge holder.

With the above and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device with parts broken away, Fig. 2 is a top plan-view with the knob and lid removed, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View through the complete device with the doors in closed position, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one of. the racks carried by the swingingdoors, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged detail sectional view on the plane of line 5-5 of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner in which the bottom and the cover or lid of the device are secured in position, and Fig. 7 is a detailsectional view on the plane of line 77 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Referring'more particularly to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, throughout the several views, 1 designates the bottom of the device which has suitable hollow feet 2 with rubber bearing members 3 in their lower faces. The bottom 1 is provided with an upstanding annular flange 4 provided at when'the bottom 1 is in proper position upon the frame work. It will be readily seen that the bottom 1 may be secured in position or removed by a slight turn of the bottom.

The lower circular portion 8' of the'frame has an inwardly directed circular flange 9, the purpose of which will presently appear and said lower circular portion 8 of the frame is connected with the upper circular portion 10 thereof by means of the spaced standards 11 between which the -swinging doors 12 are positioned to form the bodyof the device when in closed position.

It will be understood that each door is curved transversely to present convexed outer faces and concaved inner faces. Upon the concaved inner face of each door 12 is formed a rack consisting of a perforated bottom plate 13 of asubstantially elliptical form and having an upstanding strip 14 secured to its outer edge about the center thereof with a plurality of curved strips 15 secured at their central portions to the upstanding strip 14 and having their ends fastened in any suitable manner to the inner concaved face of the door 12 thereby forming a rack which will serve to support 01- gars, tobacco cans, pipes, packages of cigarettes and other articles used by smokers. The outer or exposed face of the upstanding strip 14 is also preferably roughened, as mdicated at 14 to serve as a match scratcher. It will be understood that the arms or curved strips of the racks are preferably secured at their opposite ends to the strip 16 which may be fastened to the inner faces of the doors 12 in any suitable and well known manner.

Each door 12 has a pair of perforated bearing ears 17 projecting from its 1nner face adjacent the upper and lower end of said door to receive a hinged rod 18 engaged through said ears and having its lower end rotatably mounted in the flange 9 while lts upper end is rotatably mounted in and projects through the solid top 19 within the upper circular portion 10 of the frame. Projecting laterally from the upper end of each hinge rod 18 above the top 19, 1s an arm 20 having an enlarged free end 21, the purpose of which will presently appear. Engaged over each arm 20 1s a bifurcated depending member 22 rotatably mounted in the free downwardly offset portion 23 of one of the arms 24 of the spider member 25 which is rigidly mounted upon the stem 26. The stem 26 is in turn rotatably mounted in the center of the solid top 19 and has a squared upper portion upon which is secured the knob 27 for rotating the stem 26 and spider member 25 to cause the depending member 22 to ride toward one end of the arms 20 and thereby turn the hinge rods 18 to open or close the doors 12, as will be readily understood by referring to the drawing, the doors as well as the arm 20 being indicated by dotted lines in their open or outermost position.

The spider member 25 and the parts connected with the same are covered and protected by means of the cover or lid 28 positioned over the same and having a central opening 29 to accommodate the stem 26, said cover or lid 28 being secured in position by means of the latch pins 30 projecting in wardly from the upper portion 10 of the frame and engaged in the inclined locking slots 31 formed in the depending flange 32 of said cover or lid 28. It will, therefore, be seen that by locking the cover or lid 28 in position in this manner, said cover or lid 28 may be readily released by a slight turn of the same and withdrawn after withdrawal of the knob 27.

The stem 26 is resiliently retained in its uppermost position by means of a helical spring 33 engaged around the portion thereof' and having one end bearing against the washer 34 positioned against the under face of the spider member 25, while the opposite end of said spring rests in a suitable socket 35 secured to the upper face of the top 19. As the stem 26 carries a locking bar 36 in its lower end and projecting laterally or radially from the same in opposite directions and engaged in a transverse locking slot 37 in the disk 38 positioned against the under face of the top 19, when the doors 12 are in closed position or open position, it will 'be necessary to press downwardly upon the knob 27 to force the locking bar 36 out of the slot 37 before rotating the stem 26 to open or close the doors. It will, therefore, be seen that it will be practically impossible for unauthorized parties to open and close the device.

Secured beneath the disk 38 and held between the same and the top 19 are the spring bars 39 which have depending arms for engagement with the upper open end of the sponge holding cup 40 which has the bottom 41 formed of wire mesh or other foraminous material, to support said sponge holding cup 40 in proper position in the upper portion of the device and thereby prevent cigars and the like positioned in the various racks carried by the doors 12 from drying out.

Positioned upon the bottom 1 is an upstanding socket 42 within which is threaded the lower end of the rod 43 having a disk 44 mounted thereon adjacent its upper end to form the top of the sectional telescoping match box including a stationary lower section 45 secured to the inner or upper face of the bottom 1 and a slidable reduced upper section 46 adapted for sliding movement in the lower section 45 and having its upper end engaged around the depending flange 47 carried by the disk 44 when said section 46 is in its uppermost or closed position. When it is desired to remove a match from the match box or place matches in the same it is simply necessary to slide the upper section 46 downwardly to open the match box and said section 46 may be readily returned to its uppermost or closed position to inclose the matches and prevent fumes from the same reaching the contents of the racks.

Whilev the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and illustrated it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement prising a frame, including a top, doors mounted in said frame and forming the body of the device when in a closed position, curved arms carried upon the inner faces of said doors forming racks, said racks provided with perforated bottoms, a shaft extending through top of said frame, means connected to the central portion of the shaft whereby upon the turning of said shaft the doors will be opened and closed and means on the lower end of said shaft for supporting a sponge holder in position between the racks.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, a top and bottom for said frame, hinge rods rotatably mounted in said frame, doors carried by said rods forming the body of the device, curved arms carried by the inner faces of said doors and extending inwardly into the frame, said arms forming racks, said racks provided with perforated bottoms, a shaft extending centrally through the top of said frame, means for limiting the inward movement of said shaft, a disk on the inner end of said shaft, said disk provided in its lower face with a transversely extending slot, a locking bar rigidly connected to the shaft whereby upon the rotation of the shaft the locking bar will be moved into and out of registration with the slot of the disk, spring bars secured between the disk and the top and depending downwardly into the frame, means connected to the central portion of the shaft and slidably connected to the hinge rods whereby upon rotation of the shaft the doors will be pulled in their open or closed position, and upon the locking bar registering with the slot in the disk the door will be held in a locked position and a spring arm JOHN HEDLUND'.

Witnesses:

J. I. DONOHUE, CECIL BARR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

